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Letters Patent No.. 70,825, dated November 12, 1867.

IMPROVED WORK-BOX.

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TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. FLETCHER, of South Bend, inthe county of St. Joseph, and Statey of Indiana,

have invented certain new and useful improvements in'Work-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents an elevation of ,the work-box.

Figure 2 represents a vertical central section through the same.

Figure 3 represents a top plan; and

Figure 4 represents a horizontal section taken through the red line y y of' fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference where they occur in the separate figures denote like parte in all of the drawings.

My invention relates to a work-box made of wood, in which the box portion is cylindrical, and composed of two interior apartments, said box portion turning upon a base, and furnished with a cover, all of the outer portions of which may'be ornamente'd, or made of diierently shaded woods.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

The base A and pedestal B are 'made and united in any of the well-known ways, and upon this pedestal the upper or box portion C and its cover -D revolve, as will be explained. The bottom E of the revolving box C is arranged upon the journal a of the pedestal, and a button, b, on the inside, holds it rmly to the pedestal, whilst it can freely turn upon it. The rings C c are turned out 4of a solid log, so that they need no joining, and they are let into circular grooves, as shown at l 2, in iig. 2, cut in the bottom piece E, and they thus form two apartments, .d and e, within the box. The inner ring cis not, or need not be, so high as the outer one, C, which forms the outer wall or case of the box. In the apartment there is arranged aseries of pins or wires,f, upon which bobbins or spools are set, and opposite, or for each pin or wire, an eyeleted hole, z', is made, so that the end of the thread of each spool may pass through and be seen and caught on the outside of the work-box. In the other apartment e may be kept needles; pins, buttons, hooks and eyes, or any other accompaniment of a ladys work or sewing-box. The lid D is made t'o neatly cover or close the top of the box, and the topof the cover may be ornamented with an urn, F, or other ornament. On the inner under side of thc cover I make a lpin-cushion, g, secured by a beading, L. A

The whole box is turned ormade in a'lathe, and, by selecting the different shades of woods, may be very ornamental, as it is very useful.

I call the holes z' eyelct-holes, because I place a common eyelet in them as iiuish, and to preventthem from wearing or enlarging. Ivory or bone eyelets may he set in, but the-,ordinary metal eyelet is so easily and cheaply put in by anyncommon eyeleting machine, that I prefer to use-that kind.

Though termed and designed toA be used for a work-box, it may be used as a toilet-box, or both. Havingthus fully described lmy invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire -to secure by Letters Patent, is I A revolving or turning work-box, with apartments within it, for containing sewing articles accessible as set forth, and constructed, as described and represented, out'oi solid rings C c, asset forth and explained.

JAMES s. FLETCHER. Witnesses:

W. G. GEORGE, MATHIAS BUoKEL. 

